Wanna Buy a Monkey?

Wanna Buy a Monkey? is a compilation album by Dan the Automator.^[2] It was released on Sequence Records in 2002.^[3] It peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart,^[4] as well as number 28 on the Independent Albums chart.^[4] The album's title derives from a line in the film Cabin Boy.^[5]

Wanna Buy a Monkey?
Compilation album by Dan the Automator
Released	February 19, 2002 (2002-02-19)[1]
Genre	Hip hop
Length	56:18
Label	Sequence Records
Producer	Dan the Automator
Dan the Automator chronology
A Much Better Tomorrow (2000) Wanna Buy a Monkey? (2002) Dan the Automator Presents 2K7 (2006)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[7]
NME	[8]
Pitchfork	4.0/10[9]
PopMatters	favorable[10]
San Francisco Chronicle	[11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[6]

John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars, stating that "Wanna Buy a Monkey? doesn't just collect a few of his rarer credits, but fits them into one of the best mix albums of the year."^[1] Rob Mitchum of Pitchfork gave the album a 4.0 out of 10, writing: "Part of the problem lies in the musically segregated organization of the album, as the Automator's hip-hop selections are clumped into the front and back, while the indie-friendly picks comprise the creamy center."^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Fantômas	1:23
2.	"Rockin' It"	Brand Nubian	3:33
3.	"Smoothness" / "Freestyle"	Black Rob / Encore	4:36
4.	"Positive Contact"	Deltron 3030	4:08
5.	"Le soleil est près de moi" (Dan the Automator remix)	Air	6:35
6.	"Destiny"	Zero 7	4:48
7.	"Seneca"	Tortoise	4:05
8.	"Firesuite"	Doves	2:04
9.	"Stroker Ace"	Lovage	3:57
10.	"The Rhumba"	Bobby Digital	3:39
11.	"Latin Simone" (Dan's Original)	Gorillaz	3:08
12.	"Bionix"	De La Soul	2:16
13.	"Don't Understand" (featuring Greg Nice)	Masta Ace	1:44
14.	"Don't Get It Twisted" (featuring Sadat X)	Jigmastas	2:28
15.	"X-Ecutioners (Theme) Song" (featuring Dan the Automator)	The X-Ecutioners	4:01
16.	"Clockwork"	Dilated Peoples	3:53
Total length:			56:18

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[12]	42
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[13]	28